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UnderwaterPhotography.com is the longest running and most visited resource for underwater photographers on the internet.

Our ultimate goal has always been to help you and fellow underwater photographers fulfill their full potential.

The Underwater Photo Contest

Our underwater photography contest is the Worlds largest - online or off! We have more u/w photos in one place than anywhere else online!

What makes our competition special?

  • We award winners in over 15 categories thus promoting young talent.
  • We choose weekly and monthly winners so photographers don't have to wait long to get acclaimed for their work.
  • Our competition is also an incredible photo database with over 100,000 entries since 1996 that can be searched by category, location and more...
  • You can enter your photo completely for free, once you are a member, you are part of the community and that entails many benefits, for example, get tips from our experts on how to improve.
  • Our Contest gets featured year after year in so many publications (examples below)

We've seen many newbies beat the pro's in the past...

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Pepe Suarez
Bronze Medal Winner By Pepe Suarez
Nick Polanszky
Silver Medal Winner By Nick Polanszky
Julian Hsu
Silver Medal Winner By Julian Hsu
Matthew Fischbach
Silver Medal Winner By Matthew Fischbach
Luke Gordon
Silver Medal Winner By Luke Gordon
Mathieu Foulquié
Gold Medal Winner By Mathieu Foulquié
Filip Staes
Gold Medal Winner By Filip Staes
Reinhard Arndt
Gold Medal Winner By Reinhard Arndt
Roy Spraakman
Gold Medal Winner By Roy Spraakman
Nina Baxa
Gold Medal Winner By Nina Baxa

Why not upload your images too? Don't be put off by the high standards, many newbies have beaten the pro's in recent years! Enter the contest now!

Latest Contest entries
Risbecia tryoni. We glimpse the rear end of a second nudi at the back of the first one. This behaviour of two or three animals following each other in a line touching head and  tail  is characteristic of these species .
 Canon100 1/200 f16 i.100
By Antonio Venturelli
posted 00:08 CST Today (4 hours ago)
One of many  many popcorn shrimp inhabiting an anenome
Dahab  Egypy
Canon G7X MkII  2x Inon S2000
F10  1/320  ISO 125
By Alexandra Caine
posted Sunday, June 9, 2024
LEmon Damsel with an attempt at a black background
Dahab  Egypt 
F7.1  1/320  ISO 125 Canon G7X MkII  Inon S2000 strobe
By Alexandra Caine
posted Sunday, June 9, 2024
White tipped reef shark taken at Mermaids Grotto in Okinawa Japan.  There is a cave where these guys like to sleep in the morning.
By Philip Hess
posted Sunday, June 9, 2024
Seahorse
By Min Seok Jeon
posted Yesterday
Cratena nudibranch _ June 2024
 Canon100  1/200 f20 iso100
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (2 days ago)

You can get featured in major publications, this happens every year since 1996 as the press appreciate the standards and authority of our competition.

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